Biography
Paul Brookes is a shop assistant, after employment as a security guard, postman, admin. assistant, lecturer, poetry performer, with "Rats for Love", his work included in "Rats for Love: The Book", Bristol Broadsides, 1990. First chapbook "The Fabulous Invention Of Barnsley", (Dearne Community Arts, 1993). Recently published in Blazevox, Nixes Mate, Live Nude Poems, The Bezine, The Bees Are Dead and others. "The Headpoke and Firewedding" (Alien Buddha Press, 2017) illustrated chapbook, "A World Where" (Nixes Mate Press, 2017) "The Spermbot Blues" (OpPRESS, 2017), "She Needs That Edge" (Nixes Mate Press, 2018), "Port Of Souls" (Alien Buddha Press, 2018). Forthcoming "Stubborn Sod" (Alien Buddha Press) "Please Take Change (Cyberwit.net) Editor of "The Wombwell Rainbow Interviews" with writers.
Samples
Hand Biters Always snap at the hand that feeds, cossets, cuddles and hugs, fists, hits and kicks. Oppose, depose, make of it yourself. Pull on the leash, snap the manacle, challenge this ships captain, sit on your plastic chair. Tell your voices you'll decide yourself. If she does not wake you know your job. Before she closed her eyes she rehearsed tasks that you must be complete. How to empty her home, sell it, pass your childhood on to others. Be firm In what must be done. Make yourself.
All poems are copyright of the originating author. Permission must be obtained before using or performing others' poems.
Blog entries by Paul Brookes
Yes There Is Always (30/11/2018)
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